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Anti-Semitism and Progressive Era Social Science. The case of John R. Commons
Luca FioritoCosma Emilio Orsisubject
060106 history of social sciencesmedia_common.quotation_subjectImmigrationContext (language use)Competition (economics)Progressivism Anti-semitismHistory and Philosophy of ScienceOrder (exchange)0502 economics and businessEconomics0601 history and archaeology050207 economicsSocial scienceSettore SECS-P/04 - STORIA DEL PENSIERO ECONOMICOmedia_commonCommons J. RPovertyGeneral Arts and Humanities05 social sciencesCommons john RCommons John Roger; Anti-Semitism; Race; ImmigrationAnti-Semitism06 humanities and the artsjel:B15MercantilismPolitical economyUnemploymentjel:B1CommonsGeneral Economics Econometrics and Financedescription
This paper explores Common’s views toward Jews in order to assess whether his published writings contain assertion that today would be stigmatized as anti-Semitic. The evidence we provide shows that Commons’ racial characterization of Jews was framed within a broad and indiscriminate xenophobic framework. With other leading Progressive Era social scientists, in fact, Commons shared the idea that the new immigration from Eastern and southern Europe would increase competition in the labor market, drive down wages, and lead Anglo-Saxon men and women to have fewer children, since they would not want them to compete with those who survive on less. Within this general xenophobic context, Commons developed assertions regarding immigrant Jews that show traces of explicit anti-Semitic accusations Commons, John Roger; Anti-Semitism; Race; Immigration
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| 2016-01-01 |